Autocrine-paracrine endothelin system in the physiology and pathology of steroid-secreting tissues

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-437

  Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^a,c   Rossi, Gian Paolo ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^b   Mazzocchi, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ARGIPRESSIN; CALCIUM; CATECHOLAMINE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID RELEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOTHELINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; STEROIDS;

EID: 0032860856     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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